Speaker
Description
Late last year, the Preparatory Commission carried out the largest field activity conducted by the Organization since its inception, in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Integrated Field Exercise 2014. The IFE required focused, cross-divisional cooperation and effort within the Commission to further develop OSI equipment, techniques and processes towards operational status. The exercise was an important milestone in the continuing build-up of OSI capabilities and clearly demonstrated the considerable progress made by the Commission since the previous IFE in 2008 in Kazakhstan. The success of IFE14 has subsequently provided the Commission with renewed vigor and focus in its efforts to finalise the OSI regime in support for the entry into force of the CTBT. The poster provides information on the scope of IFE14 and presents key planning and implementation aspects of this four-year project. Furthermore, the poster highlights advances made in OSI sciences and technologies as a result of this project and essential lessons identified.
